MVN 15, 193

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P118473

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P118473.

Transliteration

1(disz) udu niga
1(disz) udu gu4-e-us2-sa
u4 1(disz)-kam
iti-ta u4 2(u) 7(disz) ba-ra-zal
1(disz) udu niga
1(disz) udu gu4-e-us2-sa
u4 2(disz)-kam
iti-ta u4 2(u) 8(disz) ba-ra-zal
ki-a-nag amar-suen-ka
er2-ki-gu-la
giri3 du3!-a
sza3 uri5-ma
zi-ga ki ur-ig-alim
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu szu-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 15, 193. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y1 — Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (P118473) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P118473..

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